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Bullet Retarding Forces in Ballistic Gelatin by Analysis of High Speed Video
Steven Gaylord, Robert Blair, Michael Courtney +1
Though three distinct wounding mechanisms (permanent cavity, temporary cavity, and ballistic pressure wave) are described in the wound ballistics literature, they all have their ph…
Cerebrovascular injury caused by a high strain rate insult in the thorax
Amy Courtney, Michael Courtney
Primary blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) has increased in documented incidence and public prominence in recent conflicts. Evidence for a thoracic mechanism of blast-induc…
Oxy-acetylene driven laboratory scale shock tubes for studying blast wave effects
Amy Courtney, Lubov Andrusiv, Michael Courtney
This paper describes the development and characterization of modular, oxy-acetylene driven laboratory scale shock tubes. Such tools are needed to produce realistic blast waves in a…
History and evidence regarding hydrostatic shock
Michael Courtney, Amy Courtney
This paper reviews the history and evidence related to remote wounding effects of ballistic pressure waves imparted to tissue by the impact of a bullet. Such remote effects are oft…
A Table-top Blast Driven Shock Tube
Michael Courtney, Amy Courtney
The prevalence of blast-induced traumatic brain injury in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has motivated laboratory scale experiments on biomedical effects of blast waves and stud…
Working toward exposure thresholds for blast-induced traumatic brain injury: thoracic and acceleration mechanisms
Michael Courtney, Amy Courtney
Research in blast-induced lung injury resulted in exposure thresholds that are useful in understanding and protecting humans from such injury. Because traumatic brain injury (TBI)…